1. 2014 Semi-Annual Report
Mainland Scholars’ Work (MSW) 11/27/2014
I. Current Situation and Challenges
According to the latest 2013/14 report from
the Institute of International Education, the
number of international students in the U.S. has
increased 8.1% to a record high of 886,052
students. Among these students 274,439 (31.0%)
are from China, which is 16.5% more than
2012/13. In 2014 there are five times as many
Chinese students in the U.S. as there were in
2000 (See Chart 1 below):
The number of students from China equals
the total number of students combined from
India, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and
Taiwan, which respectively ranks from #2 to #6
(See Chart 2 below):
The five top U.S. institutions that host the
most international students are New York Univ.,
Univ. of Southern California, Univ. of Illinois –
Urbana-Champaign, Columbia Univ., and
Purdue Univ.
The Chinese students and scholars continue
to be open to the high gospel. However, the
number of students gained by the churches in the
past few years has been disproportionate to the
increasing number of students because of the
shortage of serving ones (see Chart 3 below). For
example, the total number of Chinese students
doubled in 2013 compared to 2010, but the total
number of baptisms only increased 17.7%.
II. Annual Perfecting Training
Before the 2014 Chinese-speaking Students’
Perfecting Training, a pre-training was held in
Cerritos, Southern California, from July 18 to 24.
Then a one-week perfecting training was
conducted in Franklin Park (NJ) as well as
several weekend extension trainings in six
localities throughout North America: Arcadia
(CA), San Jose (CA), Houston (TX), Richmond
(BC), Atlanta (GA) and Chicago (IL). The
general subject of the training this year is "The
Dream of God-the Eternal Bethel" with its
burden as a continuation of the summer training.
These trainings helped the students to see the
vision of God's building and to build up the
church-the house of God. During these trainings,
some elderly saints have been praying watchfully
while the meetings were going on. The saints’
prayer issues in great blessings of the Lord.
2. After the annual training, serving and
responsible brothers at various campuses and
churches formed organic prayer groups
according to their regions for continual prayers
and fellowships via conference calls on a weekly
basis. Simultaneously, more than a hundred
elderly saints also continued steadfastly to pray
in groups for campus gospel and for Lord's move
on the earth.
III. Gospel for the New Semester and to
All the Nations
From the month of August through
November, 71 truth forums and gospel meetings
were carried out by MSW serving ones in
coordination with local churches and campus
serving ones. In these meetings at least 969
gospel friends were contacted. Among them,140
were baptized right after the meetings (see Table
1).
MSW serving ones continued to coordinate
with the churches and campuses to preach the
gospel to all the nations. Through sweet
fellowship with the campus serving brothers
during this semester, we have conducted 23
English-speaking gospel forums/meetings in a
way of blending. In these meetings at least 176
English-speaking gospel friends were contacted,
and 15 of them were baptized immediately after
the meetings.
IV. Shepherding by Visitation and
through Vital Group Practices
MSW serving ones continued to shepherd by
way of visiting the newly saved ones as well as
the scattered saints at various campuses to
encourage them to pursue the ministry and to
practice vital groups. Once a week, at least 330
saints throughout North America have been
practicing the vital groups and caring for new
ones. Perfecting of new ones is carried out in the
homes by some saints. Using the home as its
base, the training in the homes is an exercise
with vital group as its structure, the pursuit of
truth as its content, perfecting people as its goal,
and preaching the gospel as its orientation.
V. Weekend Students’ Perfecting and
Corporate God-man Living
Since August, MSW serving ones have
carried out four weekend perfection in different
places. Each time there were about 80-100
students. In these meetings the student saints
practiced morning revival, praying, and Bible
reading. Moreover, everyone participated in
practical services such as preparation of meals
and cleaning.
In these trainings we encouraged the newly
saved saints to fully enter into church life, to
participate in the practical building up of the
Body through services, to join the 7 annual feasts,
regional conferences and college conferences.
We also helped the students to practice the
corporate God-man living to taste the sweetness
and goodness of brothers dwelling in unity, and
eventually to form brothers’ and sisters’ houses.
So far, at least 80 corporate living homes have
been established. We realize that corporate God-man
living is an effective way to perfect the
young students and to prepare them for the
FTTA.
VI. Request for Prayers
To raise up Bi-lingual young serving ones to
labor among the Chinese students and
scholars to gain more proper and useful
vessels for the building up of the Body of
Christ;
To perfect more middle-age working saints
and retired saints to join this labor.
Mainland Scholars’ Work (MSW)
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3. Table 1: MSW-Related Gospel Forums/Meetings (August to November, 2014)
Campus/Church Dates
CH-speaking
Gospel
Meetings
EN-speaking
Gospel
Meetings
No. of Gospel
Friends
No. of
Baptisms Right
After the
Meeting
East Los Angeles College 8/9 1 23 2
Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa 8/22 1 11 1
Louisiana State Univ. 8/23 1 35 10
The Church in Honululu 8/23 1 1 0
Santa Monica College 8/23 1 16 4
Louisiana State Univ. 8/24 1 15 2
Rice Univ. 8/27 1 8
Univ. of Houston 8/28 1 10
Wright state Univ.& Urbana Univ. 8/29 1 24 0
Univ. of Houston 8/29 1 7 1
California State Univ. at Fullerton 8/29 1 10 3
Ohio State Univ. 8/30 1 12 1
Univ. of Texas at Arlington 8/30 1 8 2
Texas A&M & Sam Houston State Univ. 8/30 1 10 1
Santa Barbara City College 8/30 1 7 2
Lamar Univ. 8/31 1 2 0
Rutgers Univ. 9/4 1 22 2
Univ. of Louisville 9/5 1 0 0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 9/6 1 31 4
Rutgers Univ. 9/6 1 40 3
Univ. of South Florida & Univ. of Florida 9/6 1 64 4
Univ. of Kentucky 9/6 1 3 0
Univ. of Victoria 9/6 1 7 4
Brown Univ. 9/7 1 0
East Los Angeles College 9/10 1 6 1
Iowa state Univ. 9/12 1 7 0
Johnson & Wales Univ. & Brown Univ. 9/13 1 0
Univ. of Minnesota & Mayo Clinic 9/13 1 29 1
Florida International Univ. & Univ. of Miami 9/13 1 7 0
Case Western Reserve Univ. 9/13 1 1 26 3
Pasadena City College 9/17 1 7 0
Fort Hays Univ. 9/18 1 11 0
Univ. of Nebraska 9/19 1 6 2
California State Univ. at Fullerton 9/19 1 10 2
South Dakota State Univ. 9/20 1 3 0
Santa Barbara City College 9/20 1 10 2
Pasadena City College 9/24 1 2 0
Kennesaw State Univ. 9/26 1 7 4
George Washington univ., Georgetown Univ., George Mason Univ. &
John Hopkins Univ. 9/27 1 70 3
Emory Univ. & Georgia Institute of Technology 9/27 1 11 4
Univ. of California at Los Angeles 9/27 1 30 10
Auburn Univ. 9/28 1 14 5
City of Hope 10/3 1 9 0
Univ. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee & Blood Research Institute 10/4 1 11 1
Univ. of California at San Diego & Riverside & Los Angeles &
California Institute of Tech. 10/4 1 50 8
Univ. of California at Santa Barbara 10/4 1 8 1
Arizona State Univ. 10/10 1 20 1
Calif. State Univ. San Bernardino 10/11 1 14 0
McMaster Univ. 10/13 1 14 7
Ottawa Univ. 10/17 1 30 3
Denver Univ. & Univ. of Colorado at Fort Colins 10/17 1 10 0
East LA College & Cal State Univ. at Los Angeles 10/17 1 14 4
4. Univ. of California at Los Angeles & Santa Monica College 10/17 1
Mississippi State Univ. at Starkville 10/17 1 10 0
Concordia Univ. 10/18 1 30 12
Yale Univ. 10/23 1 7 1
Univ. of California at Riverside 10/31 1 6 1
Kwantlen Polytechnic Univ. 11/1 1 12 2
Univ. of Southern California 11/1 1 17 1
Purdue Univ. 11/14 1 1 0
Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis (IUPUI) 11/15 1 2 0
City of Hope 11/18 1 0 0
New York Univ. 11/19 1 10 0
Rutgers Univ. 11/20 1 6 0
New Jersey Institute of Tech. & Seton Hall Univ. 11/21 1 8 1
Princeton Univ. 11/22 1 6 2
California State Univ. at Los Angeles & East Los Angeles College 11/22 1 30 10
Church in Eastvale 11/22 1 10 0
Church in Edison 11/23 1 12 2
Church in Piscataway 11/27 1
Total 48 23 969 140
